#control

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it? ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#capable #conquering #control #country #doubt

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#controlling #incapable #iraq

Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#control #describing #every #function #language

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. ↗

— Freda Adler

#chivalry #control #dispenses #equal #invoke

I am pretty controlled I have to say. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#controlled #i #i am #pretty #say

Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime. ↗

— Alan Autry

#crime #devastating #more #nothing #out-of-control

Would I buy a cell phone for my 12-year-old?... No. I should have closer control over my child than that. He really shouldn't be in places where he needs to contact me by cell. ↗

— Stephen Baker

#cell #cell phone #child #closer #contact

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#control #create #fear #i #i do

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#back #coal #come #control #different

When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#car #continue #control #countries #destruction